Polling Districts and Polling Places Reviews

Review 2017

Mitton ward

Wyre Forest District Council is asking residents and other interested groups to comment on proposals affecting a polling station in the Mitton Polling District of Stour & Wilden (MI-SSW). This is in relation to the Polling Place at St Wulstans Community Centre which has been unavailable due to requiring building works, for all elections.

This review is to be undertaken under section 18C(5) of the Representation of People Act 1983 which allows the council to carry out at any time a review of a particular polling place or polling district.

Review 2016

Wyre Forest District Council asked residents and other interested groups to comment on proposals affecting the Offmore & Comberton Polling Districts No’s 1 (OFC-1) and 3 (OFC-3) (with specific reference to a small number of electors living in Queen Elizabeth Road and Byron Close areas of the Offmore & Comberton Ward) and the Polling Places at Offmore Community Centre and Stourport High School Sixth Form Centre due to re-development plans for these buildings, for all elections.

This review was undertaken under section 18C(5) of the Representation of People Act 1983 which allows the Council to carry out at any time a review of a particular polling place or polling district.

The outcome of Council was that the polling districts and polling places as set out at paragraph 4.1 (Chart 1 and Chart 2) of the report to Council will be used with effect from the Elections in May 2017.

Review 2015

Parish of Kidderminster Foreign

Wyre Forest District Council asked residents and other interested groups to comment on a proposal to change polling districts and polling places in the parish of Kidderminster Foreign only.

This review was undertaken under section 18C(5) of the Representation of People Act 1983 which allows the Council to carry out at any time a review of a particular polling place or polling district.

The consultation is now closed. You can view the Polling Districts and Polling Places (Kidderminster Foreign Parish) consultation document here.

Review 2014

Under the Representation of the People Act 1983, the council has a legal duty to divide the authority area into polling districts and to designate a polling place for each polling district. It also has a duty to keep these arrangements under review.

On 14 October 2014 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England confirmed its plan to reduce the number of wards within the Wyre Forest district from 17 to 12. This took effect from the District Council elections in May 2015.

Views were invited from residents and other interested groups to comment on proposals for changes to the polling districts and polling places that are used for parliamentary and local government elections based on the new ward arrangements.